Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important amendment Bill. You may recall that when I spoke on the original Bill, I said that the Office of the Attorney-General, in fact, had earned itself, very unfairly, a bad reputation for not prosecuting cases successfully or sometimes at all. Just like my learned junior, Mr. Eugene Wamalwa has said, a case is as good as its witnesses. A case is as good as how you present it before the court. The history of witness protection, if you look at other jurisdictions--- ... view
• 6 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Chanzu, being himself not learned, cannot understand that. Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for understanding being my learned senior. The American jurisdiction had to go to witness protection after the bootlegging scandals. If you look at the history of Italy, you will find that the mafia activities made it impossible to convict anybody and yet there were horrendous crimes being committed by citizens. They had to enact a witness protection law. In my brief remarks, I urge the Attorney-General that the unit we are creating must be a unit that is led ... view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Ordinarily, I would not oppose Dr. Eseli, but today I have to. This is because we looked at the Draft very carefully in Naivasha. What the Hon. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will speak for a very short time. This is an important day. I do not want us to bury our heads in the sand. I do not want us to shower praises on ourselves unfairly. For 150 amendments to have been brought by hon. Members who burned their midnight oil to prepare, it meant something. I want to suggest that for us to rush this document simply view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: because we have come to an end of the debate may be self-defeating. We have an Act that guides this process. We still have issues in this document on land, devolution, armed forces, transitional clauses and many others. I want to urge the House and it is entirely within your hands and your competence, to relook at the process set out in the Act and see whether we can still take time out before rushing this draft to the Attorney-General for printing and then taking it to the public for a referendum and then we go there and replicate what ... view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate your very learned ruling. But what is being raised by the hon. Member for Chepalungu, and what is available in the Constitution and the Act--- What I want to suggest that your ruling takes into account is that there is a conflict between the provisions of the Act and Section 47A of the Constitution. Reading Sections 47A(2)(a)(b) and (c) clearly shows that this House is not obligated to vote on the Draft Constitution that has come here. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: I can read those sections. Sections 47(2)(b) reads as follows:- “When a draft Constitution proposing the replacement of this Constitution has been introduced into the National Assembly, no alternations shall be made in it unless such alteration is supported by the votes of not less than 65 per cent of all Members of the Assembly, excluding ex-officio Members.” We have already gone over that, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Section 47(2)(c) reads as follows:- “The National Assembly shall, within 30 days of the introduction in the Assembly of the draft Constitution proposing the replacement of this Constitution---” Mr. Speaker, Sir, “proposing the ... view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: This means, therefore, that what we have gone through is consistent with the provisions of Section 47(2) (a) and (b), and if you invoke (c), then we finalize the debate, the Mover responds, there is no requirement for a vote under the Constitution, and you pass on the document to the Attorney-General. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Are you sure? view
• 31 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I see merit in the amendment, but I find it difficult to support it for the following reason. With the mood we have set the House in, where we are literary angling to strangle every amendment, then all we are trying to do is to extend time and run over the business before the House. In my view, we should stick to the time as set out in the Standing Orders. But I want to urge this House that we relook at the Constitution of Kenya Review (Amendment) Act 2008, and take time out, and retrace ... view